diary of a discoverer: May 2006

a sunny weekend with guests

This weekend was a great time. Amber, Lisa's sister, and her husband ty came in town to visit. As a result, we all played tourists as well. It started on Saturday with a trip to the downtown market and lunch at the Snow Goose. Then a rousing game of horseshoes in the park and dinner at Moose's tooth. Sunday we drove down toward Resurrection Bay and Seward, making several stops a long the way for animals and scenery. rounded the day off with a hike at a glacier and a movie. Really a lot of fun...Here is the line up: Ben, Lisa Reed, Andy, Lisa Brown, Amber and Ty

horseshoes and tomfoolery in the park

the weekend started off swimmingly with a game of horseshoes at the end of a warm, summer day...lisa and amber hucking..i mean throwing horseshoes

ah, the artists form

lisa perfecting her catching skills

cool, calm and collected Andy

lisa as tom cruise

so, apparently in the new Mission Impossible movie, tom cruise as a ridiculous running scene and though i haven't seen the movie, lisa gave a really good feel for it...it all starts with a jump

a few landscapes from turnagain arm...

the alaska range, looking back toward Anchorage

the animals

there is an animal santuary for injured or abandoned animals at the turn going toward Seward from Anchorage. We stopped to see all the "wild" animals. here is a friend, a huge moose stops for a drink...

i was going to try and pawn this off for a actual "in the wild" shot, but you get the idea

the moose friend again, we also saw arctic fox and big ox animals

the animal sanctuary

this little guy was so cute, Hugo. he is holding his feet and rocking back and forth on his butt, how cute is that?

showing off his huge foot, so adorable. mainly because he was behind a huge fence, but still, adorable.

beautiful bald eagle

devious owl, of course.

on the way to Seward

mountains off upper trail lake on the way to Seward

ben listening for a train...or something

amber and ty enjoying the day

the clan...amber, ty, lisa and ben

Seward and Resurrection Bay

The marina where we at lunch...so pretty

a pirate ship on Resurrection bay, how excited was i?

After Seward, we drove about 20 minutes to Exit Glacier. I have never hiked around a glacier before, so i was terribly excited. We hiked around the base and then went up another trail to the side of the glacier, it was so blue. it was a great experience!